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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "1nfo@cbn.org" <anathonyopkanachii@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drmrsabazie@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 07:59:47 +0100
Subject: RE VERY IMPORTANT.

Dear ,

I do not know much about you and how you will take this message but i am
doing this based on my Christian faith and what tomorrow will be. I am Dr
(Mrs) Judith Abazie,the office assistant to the Central Bank Governor
(Mr.Godwin Emefiele).I am not telling you this to impress you or to gain
any favor from you, rather I am doing this to save you from further damage
and pains.I have done this to two people already, though they betrayed me
at the end.
Before I proceed,you must promise me that nobody will know of this and
after you are satisfied with my job,you can help me in whatever way the
spirit of God directs you.

This is very secret,I overheard Mr.Godwin Emefiele and other bank
executives here in Nigeria saying that they will make sure you spend and
pay much fees till you are tired and abandoned your UN/ World Bank Approved
compensation amount of $10,000,000.00 (Ten million United States Dollars)
for them to later divert to an already opened offshore account in USA.
Please do not pay anything to anyone again regarding the release of your
fund(ATM CARD) because none of these evil perpetrators have your interest
at heart. The President of Nigeria and the members of his Federal Executive
Council have since endorsed the payment of this approved compensation fund
to you and your account is already activated which you can access at any
time and your ATM card programmed and ready to dispatch to you. It is just
that some of our bank executives are very greedy and they have created
avenues to steal your money even when they know that the situation is very
critical. I and another Christian colleague in the office have to help you
out.

Now, we have perfectly pulled out the ATM card that contains your UN/ World
Bank Compensation payment amount . We are ready to send it to you
immediately, PLEASE, our job is on the line. I am only 34 years married
with two kids (A Boy and A Girl) and I don't want to ruin my future or die
at this early age. I do not make calls on transactions like this due to the
sensitive nature of this transaction and my position with the CBN. I will
not deliver this ATM card to you if you let anyone know of this..

If this arrangement is OK with you please reply now and we will send the
ATM card to you through DHL and all these horrendous and callous treatment
will stop and you will happily receive your fund to your designated home
address.

I shall attach my personal identifications to you as soon as I hear from
you positively.

Get back to me if you are interested so that we can proceed.

Regards.

Dr (Mrs) Judith Abazie.
Office assistant to the Central Bank Governor.

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